Display package



April 2, 1940. 1w. c. MILES DISPLAY PACKAGE Filed July 24, 1937 INVENTOR Petenteelepr.2,1941)r n 2,195,577 l' UNITED #STATES PATENT FFICE s195577 'y V- l i Vv'l'irsrnAY 1 Aerildliiy, l i William o; Miles, White pleins, N. Y. applicaties July 24, i937, serial Ne. ,155,424 v 2 claims.l (el. zoe-nts) This invention relates to packages adapt-ed for framing strip-4 I6jand a pair of outer framing thevdisplayof various articles ofmcrchandise. strips I'I. l

Animportant object of theinvention is to pro- As to the inner framing strip I6, attention is vide an improved package of the character mendirected to the fact that it overlies the inner 5 tioned which is` strong, durable, neat, attractive, r endS 0f the-windows I I and is connected along its compact, and inexpensive `to manufacture, line of fold i3 tO the Window-sheet 5 by the Sev- Another important object of the invention is to eral wire staples i0, which, as hereinbefore stated, provide an improved package of the vcharacter serve to connect the `cover sheetFi and the winmentioned which is inherently suchthat the ardow-sheet E to each other along4 their respective ticles t'o be carried thereby may be easily placed lines of fold I -and 8. Additionally, the inner in and voluntarily removed from their respective framing Strip iii may be GOnneCted at itS OppOSite display positions,fbut which is such that they may ends to the window-sheet 6 by rivets 20 and/ory be effectively held in suchpositions under all by pasting itS Opposite 'ends tdthe't Sheet.- Except ordinary circumstances and there protected or fOr Connecting the inner inning Strip I6 et itS i5 shielded against contamination, damage, or other opposite ends and along its line 0f fold I8 t0 the deleterious effects, as when the package, towindeweheet t, such strip iS left free Se as te getrier with its contents, is plaeedin transit, er afrord a space between its Opposite kside margins in stock, or in storage, or on display. and 'Such lengths 0i the underlying margins 0f Other objects and advantages of they inv-en the central web i2 as are represented by the distion will become apparent from the following detence rOInthe upper edge (referenee being had 20 scription when taken in connection with the aclto Fig. v1) 0f enen 0f the nPpermOSt t0 the lOWer companying drawing, in whichedge of each of the lowermost windowsl II.

Fig. 1 is .a face View of a package embodying Regarding the Outer framing Strips i1, it iS the invention; Fig..2 is an enlarged, fragmental, At0 be Observed` that they OVerle-the Unter ends sectional view taken on line 2.2 of Fig. 1; Fig. of the Windows II, and are folded backen them- .25

3 is an enlarged, iragmental, sectional View taken *,SeiVeS S0 aS t0 prOVde et the rear 0f the WindOW- on line 3-f3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a perspective Sheet 5 n pair 0f retaining Strips 2I. The framview showing the package in al folded or vclosed ing Strips i1, together With their integrally aSSO- condition. 1 l e. L l 1 g,y ciated retaining strips 2l, are connected at their Referring to the draWings,-it will be observed Opposite ends tOthe WindOW-Sheet by rVetS 22, 30 that the form of package herein illustrated as an which may be supplemented, in so far as the embodiment of the invention includes a Acover Outer vframing strips are eoneerned, by pasting sheet 5 and a window-sheet. -6 o These sheets 5 `their Opposite ends t0 the window-sheet. Except and e are substantially equal in size, andere for Connecting the outer framing Strips I1 at connected to each other along their respective their Opposite ends t0 the WndOWfSheet 5, S11-0h 35 lines of. fold 'i and 8 bysuitable means suchas Strips are left. free so las to afford a Space be" Wire staples m I tween themselves and such lengths of the underly- 'rhe window-sheet s is provided with a plulg. margfmg'l gf iiiasdarefefresemdp he I y b1 k, dg th q f d, t* OWS from the connections which are made `as between afreanb? or o Erg/'15 qrmd in *W0 gfoups the retaining strips 2| and the window-sheet 6 so e . l j a l l ya ord a space e Ween emselves and suchV at the other Side 0f thai/1111 0f i016. ,It 15.119 be lengths o the underlying marginal webs I4 as 45 observeddthatfthe vllnccws lie Dit `Such .nerr are represented by the distances (reference be*- slons an are orme a suc oca ions w1 lre ing haelt@ Fig, l) from the uppermost to the erenee t0 eaCii other. nndWi'lh fefel'enetothe lowermost rivets 22. j As' shown most clearly in 0 edges Ofthe Window-Sheet tiiat vCertain pertienS Figs. 3 and.4, opposite side'margins of the cover 5u efrthe Viln-Oit/-She@t temin minet, thus prQYldl sheet 5 arefadapted to be inserted into the spaces lng a. central web I2, a pair of marginal webs I4 afforded between the window-sheet 6 and the revanda plurality of connector webs I5.,y spective retaining stripsZI, the corners of the t Carried at thel front of the windowesheet 6 cover-sheet being cut away, as shown at 24 in 15 are a plurality of framing strips, to wit, .an inner A4, so as to facilitate. such insertion and at j the same time obviat possible interference by the rivets 22; I

In order that articles with which the package is adapted to be used may be held in display lposition with reference to the respective windows I I, there are provided a plurality of article-supports 23S-one for each article and for each window. Each of the supports i5 includes a backing strip 25 of cardboard, or other suitable material which is relatively stiff butl yet easily flexed or bowed longitudinally of itself.' The backing strips 26 are so dimensioned transversely and longitudinally of themselves that they are adapted to overlie, at the rear of the window-sheet 6, adjacent connector webs I5 and. to overlie, at the front of the window-sheet, the central web I 2 and the marginal webs i4. In order that opposite ends of the backing strips 2t may be passed through the respective Windows ii from the rear of the window-sheet ii and conveniently inserted in the spaces provided intermediate the central web I2 and the framing strip it and intermediate the marginal .webs Isl and the framing strips il, the

corners of the backing strips are out away, thus providing bevel edges 2l' which are so located that they are adapted to abuttingly cooperate with the window-defining edges of the windowsheetin the vicinity of the several corners of the respective Windows so as to effectively retain the article-supports against lateral shifting from 'their respective display positions. Each of the article-supports 25 herein illustrated further includes an open-end Cellophone envelope 2t, which is so dimensioned transversely of itself as to fairly snugly receive any one of the backing strips 26 and is so dimensioned longitudinally of itself that it is rsomewhat longer than that strip. In order to close the envelopes 28, the open end of each is folded rearwardly into a contiguous relation to the rear face of its associated backing strip; and in order that the envelopes may conform to the shape of the backing strip, portions of each envelope are folded rearwardly along thelength of the bevelled edges 27 of its associated backing strip and into a flat or contiguous relation to that backing strip at the rear thereof.

Regarding the matter of placing the articles to be displayed in the respective envelopes 28, it will be understood that they may be introduced into the envelopes pursuant to introducing the respective backing strips '2265, or they may be `suitably attached to the individualv backing strips and subsequently introduced into the envelopes along with their respectively associated backing strips.

In the interest of clarity, the article-supports 25, when considered in association with articles to be respectively associated therewith, will be hereinafter referred to as display units, one of such units being indicated by the 'reference character U and illustrated as including a sh lure 3i) of the so-called feather minnow type.

vAlthough the display units U are eifectively held against lateral displacement from their respective display positions with relation to the windows II, after they have been placed in display positions by so flexing'the backing strips 26 as to enable their opposite ends to be passed ythrough the windows il from the rear of the window-sheet l, it is to be especially observed that they may be readily removed from the package (assuming the cover sheet 5 to be open) by applying a slight pressure to the units so as to cause the backingstrips to iiex or bow rearward- `of said Window-sheet ly a sucient extent to enable their opposite ends to clear the window-defining edges which are presented by the window-sheet at opposite ends of the respective windows. Despite the fact that the display units U may be easily removed from y their respective display positions when the cover sheet 5 is open, they are effectively retained against removalwhen the cover sheet is closed inasmuch as the cover sheet then lies flat against, and is effectively held by the retaining strips 2i in contact with, the display units at the rear thereof.

By folding the cover sheet 5 and Window-sheet 6 along their respective lines of fold 'I and 8, the package per se may be closed, as shown in Fig. 4, in which case the display units U are held in a face-to-face relation and are effectively protected intermediate the leaf-like portions of the cover sheet which then assume a contiguous relation to each other. The package, as when in storage or in transit, may be effectively retained in a closed condition by suitable fastening means, such as an ordinary fastening device of the but* tonvand-string type indicated generally by the numeral 3l.

If it is deemed desirable, for display and inspection purposes, to, exhibit a specimen of articles carried in display positions with reference to the windows II, one of. such articles, herein exemplied as a iish lure 3 0 identical with the iis-h lure 39 hereinbefore mentioned may" be suspended as by a cord 32, attached (reference being vhad to Fig. 1) tothe uppermost of the, Wire staples I0. It will, of course, be understood that if an article is to be displayed in the manner of the fish lure 30", the package, at thetime it is equipped with merchandise for shipment, may be supplied with a blank article-support into the envelope 28 of which the specimen. article may be placed, as for example, when such article is sold to an over-the-counterf purchaser.

Although only one form of the invention is herein shown and described, it will be understood that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the'invention or the and overlying a margin of said window-sheet at the rear thereof.. l'

2V. A display package. comprising a Iwindowsheet having a plurality of windows therein .and having a line of fold traversing said sheet intermediate at least two 0f. said windows', a pair of outer framing strips carried by the sidemargins and overlying the outer ends of said windows at the front of said window-sheet, and an inner framing stripgcarried by said window-sheet and overlying the inner ends of said Windows at the front of said Windowsheet, said inner framing strip having a line vof fold corresponding totheY line of fold of said Win- WILLIAM C. MILES.'

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